Risks of AI

There is a well-worn statement that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. This is especially apparent in the case of artificial intelligence. Improving the efficiency of corporations may result in massive loss of citizen’s rights to their privacy and loss of jobs.

With some 800 million jobs or more at stake (as this article points out), we have to be more careful with how we design and deploy these technologies. Worst, we want people to also be aware that the AI challenge is the worst nightmare to have ever faced humanity. We will be all extinct if we fail to address this challenge. In the technical world of AI experts, this challenge is called the “alignment” problem.

No one, including AI experts, is sure how to align AI behavior with human intentions and values. This section takes a deeper look at these issues that, if not addressed properly, could lead to human extinction.